Things that make me feel better about life

I’m in a funk. A stressed out from work/my face looks like a pepperoni pizza/I barely have time to shower don’t even think about time for yoga or laundry/I can’t find a pair of white skinny jeans (see previous comment about not doing laundry)/oh another glass of wine? funk. It sucks but keep on keeping on, right?

Tonight I ditched an event that I was supposed to attend in order to go home and grade Bar prep essays. Apparently that’s my version of relaxing nowadays which is totally awesome for someone whose sense of humor lends itself to self-deprecation and sarcasm. Look at me being fabulous in boxers grading papers on the couch. (twirls)

Anyway, after I had settled down and made a mental list of why I was a poor poodle and how I’d rather be anywhere but “here” at this very moment in time, something miraculous happened. I realized that no matter how sucky my life seems right now, or at least how much less stressed I wish I was right now, it could be worse.

Mind-blowing, I know.

But sometimes we need something to smack us upside the head and put things back into perspective. So I pumped myself up with the following comparisons to less fortunate people because I’m mature like that.

THINGS THAT MADE ME FEEL BETTER ABOUT LIFE:

I’m not anyone in the Jason Aldean songs I was listening to tonight–not the girl in Why, not someone stuck in a Church Pew or Barstool kind of town, and certainly not the girl crying Black Tears.
I’m not one of the students whose Bar prep essays I’m grading. I’ve been there and its 10000% worse on the other side of the essay (added bonus: I’m making money off of their misery).
I’m not related to this dude who smuggled drugs under his stomach fat (but I do give him credit for being inventive).
I haven’t drank urine-tainted water in Pennsylvania.
I have more sense than to engage in group lovin’ in a car without a working parking break (NSFW).

And just like that, I realized that I have it pretty good…and that my new nickname is Crazy Eyes.

8 thoughts on “Things that make me feel better about life”

SL says:

This is totally creepy but I'm pretty sure I saw you at BBY and felt awkward being that person to come up and say hi! Love your blog and pics, always very entertaining!

Tracie Everyday says:

hahaha urine tainted water. You never know how it could be worse, until you read the news.

Kerry @ Till Then Smile Often says:

Ewww urine tainted water!! OMG the parking break story is freaking hilarious!!! At least you are none of those people!

Maddy says:

All of these things are hilarious; also, I do that to remind myself too; also, how did you get hooked up grading Bar essays? <br /><br />(Maddy from <a href="http://madeleineblogs.com" rel="nofollow">madeleine | blogs</a>)

Amanda - Voyage of the MeeMee says:

Bahahaha… smuggling drugs under stomach fat. When I worked at the hospital one of the emergency techs once found a REMOTE CONTROL in someone's rolls when they gave them their sponge bath… the person said: "I've been looking for that!" No joke! THIS IS NOT A DRILL!